[3] Since 1990, a papal nuncio has visited the country annually to make contact with the local church as well as the foreign affairs ministry.
[5][6] The Bruneian ecclesiastical jurisdiction falls under the purview of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
[8][9] During the intervening years, a small church was set up in Brunei, dedicated to Our Lady of Every Grace, while the first baptisms of Bruneians were recorded.
Crowther of the Mill Hill Missionaries was made the first resident priest in the state of Brunei; other clergy visited from neighbouring missions intermittently.
[...] We, therefore, acting in the solemn office of the Supreme Shepherd of the whole flock of God, having that right jurisdiction, with the utmost exercise of our power do separate from the diocese of Miri that civil province which is called by the common name "Negara Brunei Darussalam", from which we therefore establish a new Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei…" On 20 October 2004, Pope John Paul II further elevated Brunei to the status of an apostolic vicariate; the wholly separate Brunei territory would now be shepherded by an apostolic vicar.
[15] "In order to better advise the work of evangelization in the Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei, whose seat is in the city of Bandar Seri Begawan within the borders of Negara Brunei Darussalam, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, having considered the matter early and taking into account the favorable wishes of those concerned, decided that a new Apostolic Vicariate should be established there.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the vicariate introduced livestreaming of Mass for the faithful to participate in a virtual capacity during lockdown measures.